New Project and Project Information

The commands New Project and Project Information call a similar dialog window that contains the Name and Description of the project, as well as information about the Project Group (name, description, and pathway) to which the project belongs. The dialog window also contains information whether or not the input and output data are kept permanently in an external directory (the check box Keep results and temporary files in external directory).

A Project represents any particular problem to be solved by HYDRUS. The project name, as well as a brief description of the problem, helps to locate a particular project. Projects are represented by a file project_name.h3d3 that contains all input and output data (when the Temporary Working Directory is selected). HYDRUS input files (used by the computational modules) are extracted from the project_name.h3d3 file into a working subdirectory; output data created by the calculation module are sent in the same folder. When saving a project, output files (created by the computational modules) are also included into the project_name.h3d3 file. The input and output files can be either permanently kept in an external working directory (when the Permanent Working Directory is selected), or are stored in this folder only during the calculations (when the Temporary Working Directory is selected).

When moving the HYDRUS project to a different computer, copy the project_name.h3d3 file and the Working directory files, if the Permanent Working Directory option is selected. When Temporary Working Directory is selected, copy only the project_name.h3d3 file.

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